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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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